The Cricket on the Hearth
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Charles Dickens’ The Cricket on the Hearth, A Fairy Tale of Home is a novella about John Peerybingle, a carrier, his wife Dot, their baby boy and their nanny Tilly Slowboy. A cricket on the hearth constantly chirps and acts as a guardian angel to the family. One day a mysterious elderly stranger comes to visit and takes up lodging at Peerybingle’s house. Like A Christmas Carol and The Chimes, in The Cricket on the Hearth there is a moral message along with a warm holiday feeling.
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Charles Dickens is regarded by many as the most successful and accomplished writer of the Victorian era. He wrote 15 novels that introduced to the world many memorable characters, not list of which is the infamous Ebenezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol. From has platform as a famous writer, Dickens championed rights for children and society’s poor.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781483703244
- Publication Date
- October 1, 2013
- Publisher
- Bottom of the Hill Publishing
- Original Publication Date
- December 20, 1845
- Page Count
- 88
- Audience
- Adult
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